Awesome,
But claiming the freedman act was all about reparations may be a stretch. Newly freed slaves did in fact benefit from this act because they were in the mix of displaced southerners after the war. Further research showed that most of the 40 acres were eventually returned to the original owners too (not sure how that went). This is an interesting topic. I'm definitely going to delve more into it. Thanks for bringing it to the surface!
Awesome, But claiming the freedman act was all about reparations may be a stretch. Newly freed slaves did in fact benefit from this act because they were in the mix of displaced southerners after the war. Further research showed that most of the 40 acres were eventually returned to the original owners too (not sure how that went). This is an interesting topic. I'm definitely going to delve more into it. Thanks for bringing it to the surface!
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/FreedmensBureau.htm